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The Disunited States of America - A colonial-era RP

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[QUOTE][B]The Courtenay Fire of 1794, destroying the young land company's land[/B] [t]https://quercuslandstewardship.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/100_1584.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

[quote][b]Emerald Isle Agricultural Group colonists not doing their jobs.[/b] [img]https://thecatholicgentleman.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/54377673_3367338.jpg[/img][/quote]

For players that don't name their ships, ought I just name them myself or leave them as "a frigate from X state" in the turns until given a name

[url=http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ship-names.php]BAM[/url]

Would it be possible to join in as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or is it too late? I've never done one of these before but it sounds like fun and I can use it as an excuse to learn more about history.

[QUOTE=Gnomical;52437646]Would it be possible to join in as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or is it too late? I've never done one of these before but it sounds like fun and I can use it as an excuse to learn more about history.[/QUOTE] Be sure you chat with me on discord or steam. I represent a new agricultural company in Nova Scotia growing old world goodies in the new world to reduce shipping costs, and thus prices, to the Americas. Stay tuned for Maple Syrup and Honey in this turn and loads of Irish Artisan Liquor, Beer, and Preserves/Pickles next turn!

I just have to write out Cherokia's radically changing turn and New York's gargantuan turn and it'll be out. Map, flavor, and fluff have already been done.

[QUOTE=Native Hunter;52438166]If you do join, add me on steam. The name is Bro De Roque[/QUOTE] Added, I am Gnomical. [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52438308]Sure, but would you be fine for holding out until after the current turn I'm writing?[/QUOTE] Yes that is fine. [QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;52438416]Be sure you chat with me on discord or steam. I represent a new agricultural company in Nova Scotia growing old world goodies in the new world to reduce shipping costs, and thus prices, to the Americas. Stay tuned for Maple Syrup and Honey in this turn and loads of Irish Artisan Liquor, Beer, and Preserves/Pickles next turn![/QUOTE] Added you on steam and also joined the discord, on discord I am martianant.

Turn will be done either tonight or tomorrow morning EST. As a heads up, I am giving Pennsylvania 3 cutters and 2 sloops as a "catch up navy" for the game.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52443093]Turn will be done either tonight or tomorrow morning EST. As a heads up, I am giving Pennsylvania 3 cutters and 2 sloops as a "catch up navy" for the game.[/QUOTE] Does EIAG get a "catch up navy"? :v:

[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;52443239]Does EIAG get a "catch up navy"? :v:[/QUOTE] You're not a country, you're a company establishing a colony. If you feel your colony is big enough, you can declare independence and build a navy.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/7vixZmB.png[/img] [quote][u][b]World Events in the Year of Our Lord One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety Four[/u][/b] -Polish Lieutenant General Tadeusz Kosciuszko leads an uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia following the partition of Poland the previous year. Despite surprising success through the spring and summer, the uprising is bloodily crushed by Russian imperial forces in November. -The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom is founded as a protectorate of England. -The [url=https://pastebin.com/E0Kb29Tw]Treaty of Richmond[/url] is signed, ending the War of the American Republics. -A Welshman invents ball bearings. -Methodist and Baptist church memberships rise throughout the American Republics as preachers begin to revitalize their faiths in the countrysides. -The first use of an observation balloon is used in battle in France. Players of DSA suddenly will invest command lines to do the same in Turn 7. -Coffee is forbidden by royal decree in Sweden -The 'Great Fire' of New Orleans erupts in early December, destroying almost the entire French Quarter of the city. Afterward, tensions between the French residents and the Spanish government over repairs arise. -Russia grants Jews the right to settle in Kiev -Battle of Black River: A combined Shawnee-Miami force surprises the Pennsylvania Army under Brigadier General Edward Hand, catching his forces between the Indians and the Black River. As the Indians broke through the lines to attack the supply camp of the Pennsylvanians, the army routed through the river, resulting in a number of soldiers drowning in their attempt to cross. Pennsylvania's designs over western expansion have been postponed to next year as General Hand's remaining forces make it back to Fort Erie on the great lake coast. -Abraham Clark and John Witherspoon, American signers of the Declaration of Independence, pass away. -Prussian and American Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, former member of Washington's chief of staff in the American Revolution, passes away in his home in central New York. [i]French Revolution:[/i] -The French Republic abolishes slavery in January -May 1st: In a surprise to all in Europe, a combined Portuguese-Spanish army is defeated with few losses to the French in the Pyrenees, preventing an invasion of the revolutionary state from the south -The "Supreme State of Being" is designated as the official state religion of the French Republic to combat Catholicism in the nation -Coalition forces of Hannover, Austria, and England march into northeastern France, only to be surprisingly and concisely defeated at the Battle of Tourcoing. -Glorious First of June Battle occurs, the largest naval battle between Great Britain and France in their history thus far, resulting in 5,000 total casualties. -An exceptionally young, newly appointed brigadier general of the French army comes up with a brilliant offensive against Austrian forces in the Battle of Saorgio, resulting in immense losses to the Austrian army and a victory for France. -In the summer, revolutionary French forces overrun Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) and incorporate it into the Republic. By the end of the year, French forces occupy all of the west bank of the Rhine and position itself to invade the Netherlands. -Robespierre, founding member of the French Revolution and architect of the Reign of Terror, is arrested and executed by the Reign of Terror, which duly ends afterward. -By the end of the year, shock and dismay over the defeat of united armies of Europe against France settle in the minds of world leaders. Perhaps the war will not be over by Christmas, after all? [/quote] [quote][b]Featured Music Of The Year 1794[/b] [video=youtube;st93y6TwpZo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st93y6TwpZo[/video] [/quote] [quote] [b][u]Player Involved Wars[/u][/b] [i]The Atlantic War[/i] - Republic of New York vs. The French Republic (Since spring 1794) [i]Northwest Territories War[/i] - Commonwealth of Virginia + Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. The Miami Confederacy (Since spring 1794) [i]Barbary States War[/i] - Commonwealth of New England vs. Barbary States (Since circa 1792) [i]The War of the Stumps[/i] - Damian0358 vs. Pezgod1 (Since Thomas Jefferson first caught jungle fever) [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/CJ6XlE3.png?1[/img] [b]Republic of New York - Native Hunter[/b] [b]President:[/b] Alexander Hamilton [b]Capital:[/b] Albany [b]Largest City:[/b] New York City [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Presbyterian (or) Methodist (Could not find absolute evidence of either one being dominant) -As the war in the south comes to an end in the winter of 1794, the war over what Albany dubs "a rebellious state of New York" continues into the early spring. With the snow thawing, the New York army marches southward toward Westminster in Vermont. The New Yorkers find the city barricaded and fortified over the winter, but despite heavy canon fire from the Vermont militias, the town is captured, with President Thomas Chittenden within. He is brought to Albany "as a guest", and there he begrudgingly signs over Vermont's sovereignty to New York, with his political office evaporating as the ink of his signature dries. -With Vermont incorporated into the Republic of New York, President Hamilton orders much of the army southward to NYC to depart off to new conquests, much to the disapproval of the state assembly. The President presses the government to declare an act of war on France, citing the cruelty of the Reign of Terror, French apathy toward the Barbary Pirates, and the general threat of a European power in turmoil against smaller nations across the ocean. A month of heavy debate in the state assembly goes by until war is finally approved, though not without the resignation of a few assemblymen in protest. -War with France declared, President Hamilton extends an olive branch to the British Empire for a formal alliance against the French. Their acceptance is marked by some as a true end of the American Revolution, having traded in the old enemy and ally for each other. -Secured with British sponsorship, the Army of New York marches some of its men on its returning fleet from the Carolinas, only to turn southward yet again. The fleet sail to the French colonial islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, but not before the NYS Champlain and Styvesant encounter the French ship of the lines [i]Grenouille[/i] and [i]Drapeau de Blanc[/i]. The sea skirmish lasted an hour, with a Pyrrhic victory for New York. The [i]Drapeau de Blanc[/i] was sunk by Champlain's keen gunnery but the engagement of the Styvesant and [i]Grenouille[/i] was intense and bloody, with both ships heavily damaged. Despite the engagement, the path was clear for the naval convoy to make it to the French islands where, after a quick siege, the confused French forces surrender their forts. -Knowing that the French could counter attack at any time, and having the islands now under the jurisdiction of New York laws, it is proclaimed that the slaves of the islands are emancipated. But just as soon as the chains are broken, the Army of New York pressures many of them into helping reestablish the defenses of the islands against the French. The fear of returning to slavery, however, is a welcomed motivator for many. -Hoping that the freedmen of the islands will be able to stand up to the French in the event of attack, the army leaves only a thousand men on each island and aboard the fleet for a transatlantic journey. After a month and a half of sailing, they find themselves off the coast of Africa looking on the defenseless and surprised French trading post of Assinie. The small town is easily captured without bloodshed, while the army then is ordered to construct two additional forts along the coast. While the fleet patrols the coast, the brigs NYS Holland and NYS Orange encounter the French naval ship [i]Ribbet[/i]. High on morale of the recent victories, the two brigs charge the enemy vessel, though find themselves quickly outgunned. Within several minutes, the Holland finds itself dead in the water with its rudder blown to pieces, only to watch its sister ship Orange to spend a 20 minute entanglement with the French only to be sunk. News is later heard that the captured NYS Holland was captured and re-branded the [i]Crapaud[/i] in the French fleet. -While the navy and army engage the French enemy abroad, Albany focuses on domestic affairs at home in the mean time. A bill is easily passed in the State Assembly, despite the rampant bipartisanship of late, to send those convicted of crimes to the colony in Michigan to homestead and colonize. The goal is to both clear out New York's jails while also fortifying the western colony with more hardier of men. -Knowing that their ally Pennsylvania is in conflict with the Indians south of the Michigan colony, New York attempts to send a delegation to come to a peaceful solution. However news reaches both the colony and Albany of the Miami-Shawnee victory over the Pennsylvanian army at the Battle of Black River before any sort of envoy could be assembled. It is then settled to wait for Philidelphia's response before acting on their behalf. -To aid in the expansion of what may be the rise of a New York colonial empire, the republic sets up a West India Company and a West Africa Company much similiar to the English East India Company in order to fully exploit the resources of the new Caribbean holdings and African forts. Immediately, the West Africa Company sets up offices in the forts, dubbed Fort Abraham on the Ivory Coast and Fort Midas on the Gold Coast. They attempt trade with the native Negroes of the area, but find at the moment their major 'good' to sell are slaves, as one slaver pointed out "this is what the white man usually wants, no?" -A general order of armament is given to all merchant vessels flying New York colors in light of the French, who by the end of the year begin to systematically attack New York shipping abroad. During one entanglement, the sloop NYS Hudson and frigate NYS Albany engage the French frigate [i]Se Désister[/i] in the mid-Atlantic. The 40 minute battle initially proved disaster for New York as the NYS Hudson was immediately destroyed into driftwood, but the NYS Albany, with a feint disablement to lure the French ship closer, manages to get a full broadside at close quarters. The [i]Se Désister[/i], badly damaged but still sail-able, turned and fled the battle, leaving the Albany to rescue the surviving crew of the Hudson. -As the year of 1794 draws to a close, New York's borders have expanded greatly, but to many politicians, much to cost of the coffers of the state running dry and the blood of its servicemen spilling in foreign lands. A number of state assemblymen, lead by Senator Burr, call for the President to end the French war, dubbing it "Hamilton's Folly" and "an affair of Europe, left to Europe". [/quote] [quote] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/207565259089772545/331465134415544320/250px-New_England_pine_flag.png[/img] [b]Commonwealth of New England - Griffster26[/b] [b]Interim National President:[/b] Samuel Adams [b]Capital:[/b] Boston [b]Largest City:[/b] Boston [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Anglican Puritan -When the war against North Carolina ends in the winter, Boston swings its focus toward it's next priority - the Barbary States. The CMS Mayflower is ordered to the northern coast of Africa to protect Massachusetts shipping from piracy there with promises of aid from the New York fleet. -Despite the promise of aid, the CMS Mayflower finds itself alone in the Mediterranean Sea. News of of New York's fleet departing for an expedition against the French in the Carribbean instead of North Africa throws the Boston statehouse into an uproar, with a minority handful in the pro-French Republican Party of Massachusetts calling for outright war against New York. -To quell the Republican Party, Increase Sumner takes advantage of New York's adventures in Vermont to organize the New England Federalist Party toward strengthening their goals of a stronger New England state. Utilizing bipartisan support in the statehouse, a plan for a union of states is drawn out in Boston to be proposed to New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. -With envoys going to each sister republic's capital, emphasis on New York's aggression in Vermont and Massachusetts's sole confrontation of the Barbary pirates, the plan is presented. Connecticut and Rhode Island open themselves to an idea of an alliance with their northern sister, but maintain their history of stubbornness of union from the Article of Confederation to today and turn down the offer of straight union. -New Hampshire, weak in population and bordering a threatening England to the north and now an aggressive New York to the west, enters into talks with President Adams on how a combined Republic of New Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts would operate. Terms of NH autonomy in majority of their domestic affairs is retained, while Boston would speak on behalf of both in foreign affairs. Representation would be sent to Boston's statehouse, where the assembly there would have the ultimate say in the new found country. Pushed by federalists on both sides, a "Commonwealth of New England National Charter" is signed by October, with the sole condition that new elections across the entire republic are held next year of 1795. -As soon as the national charter is signed, Increase Sumner and President John Sullivan of NH announce their candidacy for the new presidency, while many expect President Samuel Adams to run again soon. -While the territory Boston governs grows, so does the coastline it is required to protect. The navy is expanded to include 3 new cutters that begin guarding the entire New England coastline, from Connecticut to Maine, while two brigs are laid, expected to sail in 1796. -The militias of New Hampshire are merged with the army of Massachusetts to create a national army for Boston. While training the two forces into a union is paramount to the military, a number of officers continue to be deployed to Hayti to help train the emerging national army of the island. -As other American Republics expand their arms industries in the south, Massachusetts blacksmiths and manufacturers focus on weaponry outside of small arms - cannon and Puckle guns. Excessive orders are sold off to merchants who then export them to their customers and by the end of the year, even a few canon made in New England is discovered on the French lines in the Pyrenees War against Spain and Portugal. -By the end of the year, Boston's state assembly manages to push through one last piece of legislation before the coming elections, a bill to divert funds toward building roads, bridges, and aqueducts to interconnect the merging republics. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/bv6YdrO.png?1[/img] [b]Commonwealth of Virginia - Joshuadim[/b] [b]President:[/b] Patrick Henry [b]Capital:[/b]Richmond [b]Largest City:[/b] Norfolk [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Baptist -Virginia's army returns home in victory in early 1794, with a parade held in Richmond to celebrate the victory as well as the peace. -Like other American Republics after the war, the government does not immediately let their guard down. An officer's school is constructed in Richmond, dubbed the Virginian Commonwealth Military Academy, though many of the new cadets who enter it by the end of the year shorten the name to "Liberty Point". Many of the classes focus on the current war happening in Europe against the French Republic. General George Washington is offered a role as president of the Academy, but kindly refuses, stating a desire to stay in retirement and tend to his frail health. -Impressed by New York's sizable fleet that blockaded the Carolinas the previous year, President Henry orders an expansion of the navy, with the frigates VCS Richmond set to be finished by 1797, two brigs (VCS Retribution and VCS Dawnbreaker) to be finished by 1796, two sloops (VCS Orion and VCS Lionheart) to set sail in 1795, and another battleship, dubbed the VCS Atlas with a deadline to dominate the seas in 1798. While the expansion of the navy immediately hurts Richmond's budget for the commonwealth, it cheapens the cost of construction by commissioning slaves to help build the ships, with compensation to owners in any event of property damage or property death. -The officers of Virginia during their vacation in Raleigh the previous year, were impressed by the fine weapons the North Carolinans wielded. This reaches the ears of the government who, as part of reconciliation with its southern neighbor, opens to an arms deal to import the fine muskets and cavalry weapons to arm their forces with. This is followed up with the Carolina Confederacy entering into a military alliance with Virginia, called the "Union of Central and Southern States", with Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. -In reconstruction of Georgia, a number of engineers from Virginia are commissioned by the government to go down south, where they help the Georgians build roads and bridges that may have been damaged in the war. -Tax incentives for steel mills are made around the Norfolk area as that city slowly becomes more populated than neighboring Williamsburg. Coal from the west is shipped to the city where tools and equipment are forged for the growing Virginian navy. -While the foreign business of the south wraps up over the spring, Virginia turns its focus north to the Ohio Territory and its rival Pennsylvania. Having heard the news of Pennsylvania's disastrous defeat at the Black River, Richmond decides it is time to formally annex parts of the territory on the northern bank of the Ohio river. Settlers already homesteading there are greatly pleased to formally be within Virginian lands again, though throughout the summer and fall it is discovered that the Shawnee-Miami Confederacy has taken note of Virginia's intrusion as much as Pennsylvania's, seeing a number of bloody Indian attacks throughout the year. Luckily, the forts along the Ohio River protect Virginia proper from any invasion from the savages. -With a little bit left in the year's state budget, Richmond opens up the Richmond Museum of Natural History. Operations are paid for by the public, while exhibitions and artifacts brought to the museum are brought by private collectors, with splitting the cost between owners and the museum. It gains a great number of visitors when it opens in the autumn and a great number of collectors of things come and offer their wares for exhibition, though some authenticity comes into question one when one man claims to have brought the sword Excalibur to show. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/sV8TeYk.png?1[/img] [b]The Carolina Confederacy - Jsoldier[/b] [b]President:[/b] Alexander Martin [b]Capital:[/b] Raleigh [b]Largest City:[/b] New Bern [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Baptist -While the Treaty of Richmond designates North Carolina as the defeated side in the war, the government in Raleigh seeks to restore the pride of the country. Returning soldiers are paraded through Raleigh in a 'welcome home' festivity and to celebrate peace regardless of victor. A monument to the war is paid by the top dollar in Raleigh to commemorate what was lost and gained throughout the conflict, while soldiers discharged from the military are offered government paid plans to construct roads and bridges to connect more with South Carolina. -With relations growing ever warmly between the two Carolinas, and seeing their militia as the cause of defeat in the Battle of Alexander, South Carolina and North Carolina enter in talks of a confederate union between the two republics. A charter much like that of the Commonwealth of New England's is designed and debated over by both countries until an agreement is made. By the summer, the Carolina Confederacy is announced, opening up the south's ports to Raleigh and the north's manufacturing to Charleston. -To revitalize the economy, Major Honroe is set to design weapon manufacturing plants in New Bern. As weapons are produced and no war to fight them with, export is the best option the government takes, opening up a trade deal with the Confederacy's new ally, Virginia. Envoys are sent to London, Madrid, and Amsterdam seeking to expand the exports of Carolina firearms, as well as various agriculture products. While Spain refuses to open their markets back up to American cotton and tobacco in favor of their own, they and the other two nations happily import Carolina muskets. -As part of the newly minted alliance with Virginia, naval experts from Richmond come to Charleston to help with the construction of a Carolinan navy. The Carolina Confederate Ship New Bern is completed from its repairs and sets sail, while two brigs and a frigate are set to be completed by 1796 and 1797, respectively. -The government opens its doors to Europeans seeking refuge from revolutionary France's wars. A number of Dutch and French begin to enter the country, while the government sets up official immigration offices at various ports. These offices are used to help new immigrants find their place in the country by determining what skills they have and where those skills would best be employed. -In late summer, a national newspaper - the Carolina Gazette - is printed in New Bern, paid by the public. It is used to inform the people of the republic of news and the operations that the government is doing for them, as well as easily list lottery winners for ease of collection. -With fall harvests approaching, the President Martin utilizes the state assembly to look into reforms for the country's biggest economy - slave labor. A number of items are passed, many with controversial debate, on the treatment of slaves. No longer will the chained negro be held to just basic labor, with owners required to prove the usefulness of their property to themselves and the country by listing skills by each one. Slaves that have no skills are either given a small tax or to be taught a basic trade. While the new laws are made an annoyance to many owners, a large protest is held in Raleigh by the poorer white men who fear competition for their jobs. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/0EFIm5C.png?1[/img] [b]Republic of Georgia - Ruskie v2.0[/b] [b]President:[/b] George Walton [b]Capital:[/b] Louisville [b]Largest City:[/b] Savannah [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Baptist -With the war coming to a close in the winter of 1794, the victorious Georgian Army holds a military parade in Savannah to honor the men who served and those who died in battle. The pride of the city reaches an all-time peak as some private donors commission a large statue of a generic-looking soldier to be placed in the city's town square. By the end of the year, it is erected. -While the people of Louisville and Georgia celebrate the victory and their continued independence, President Walton recognizes that the work to keep Georgia safe is far from over. Immediately summoning the leaders of the Georgian Regiments - General Jackson of the 1st, General 'Mad' Wayne of the 2nd, and Colonel Richards of the 3rd - he organizes a plan to reinforce the norther borders of the Republic. -General 'Mad' Wayne is ordered to march on the rebellious slave areas and put down the Negro revolt before returning to his previous position in the south. It does not take the 2nd Regiment long to put the slaves back into their proper place, with the war over and the full might of the Georgian Army now in the area, the disorganized rebellion group disperses quickly, some fleeing, some caught, some shot, and some sold back into their proper plantation. -A number of fortifications are constructed along the northern border against the Carolinas and westward along the border against the Cherokee under the command of General Jackson. As the year passes, roads are cut through the forests and fields to link them, giving each fort easy access to one another in the event one is put under siege. -As the land of Georgia is secured throughout the year, President Walton turns to the sea for Georgia's future. As two new sloops-o-war are set to the ocean to join the rest of the growing Georgian fleet, the ambitious President orders the construction of a 50 gun battleship to be the navy's flagship, dubbed the GGS Anderson. Some in the statehouse grow upset over the immense cost of such a ship, but the President persuades them that it is vital for the security of Georgia at sea. It is expected to make for the waves by 1798. -To fund the future of the navy, envoys to England find buyers of Georgian cotton in Manchester. Merchant ships set sail to England by fall with harvests of the plant product, some with the Georgian frigates nearby. As war grows in Europe and spreads to the seas around it, a convoy system is set up where merchant vessels sail together with the Georgian navy to protect them from privateers or the French navy - for a well-paid price. -Reparation money begins to flow into the statehouse coffers through midyear and the Georgian Republic quickly puts it to use, funding the forts in the north as well as repairing anything damaged in the war or the slave uprising. -An officer from the war returning home, named Sevier, uses his discharge bonus to begin investment in a steel foundry in Augusta. Having witnessed first hand the might of North Carolinan arms, he organizes his steel business to work toward the armament business for his home country of Georgia and possibly European powers as the nations across the sea begin to battle one another. -By the end of the year, Georgia is fast recovering and returning to normal from the Carolina War. Some write in papers that the war has given the republic a new sense of self and direction for the future. [/quote] [quote] [img]https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vaS5pbWd1ci5jb20vT3U1bHNISS5wbm cifQ.wVAxIZACpE3MPUHPsdVlozJ_Iek[/img] [b]Cherokee Nation - Sobotnik[/b] [b]First Beloved Man:[/b] Tsiyu Gansini [He Is Dragging His Canoe] [b]Capital:[/b] Cutonuga [b]Largest settlement:[/b] Cutonuga [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] Unorganized Animism -With somber defeat for the Cherokee at hand, Tsiyu Gansini signs his name to the Treaty of Richmond in the Cherokee alphabet. Adhering to the demands of the northern white countries, all bondage within the Cherokee lands are abolished and white serfs are released. Knowing that many of the whites were skilled and still useful to the Cherokee Nation, grants of land to farm themselves is allocated to any that stays to teach their skills, but very few do, opting to live under white men in poverty than under a red man in wealth. -Though the treaty has demands pushed onto the Cherokee, the natives bend to requirements on their terms. As the Cherokee pull their southern tribes and villages out of what is now Georgian lands, anything of value from guns and canon to livestock and tools, are seized and brought back. Slaves liberated from the Georgians or made their way to Cherokia, are granted lands in the southwest of the native's lands and given the resources taken from Georgia in exchange for their loyalty. Once there, the freedmen of Cherokia, make up in teaching the Indians the skills lost to the white exodus. -As per New York's demand to open the Cherokee Nation to Christian missionaries, opts instead to pull the faith toward them rather than let it fall on them. An Indian blacksmith only named "Joe" is sent to New York to study the Christian faiths there and help translate their holy book into the Cherokee language. -While hopes of keeping the Cherokee's ancient homeland in the east intact collapses with the Treaty of Richmond, many look toward expansion westward in return. Smaller tribes on the western fringes of the Cherokee's borders are annexed into the state, while those who refuse to bow to the command of Cutonuga are raided by war parties into submission. Those willing to accept the rule and governance of the Grand Council of the Cherokee are allowed representatives from each tribe to come to Cutonuga and have a say in governing. Empty lands are cleared of debris, swamps have dykes put in them and forests are cleared to make way for Cherokee settlement along with freed Negroes from neighboring white republics. -By late spring, the Cherokee ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia returns with many tales of the ways the military and government function across the great ocean. Tsiyu Gansini and the Grand Council listen closely and embrace a number of ways of governance. Mandatory conscription is made of all young men ages 19-21 for the newly created Cherokee Army. Officers are made from the heads of various tribes in Cherokia while blacksmiths fashion a basic helmet for them to wear into war. Though unschooled by experience in the art of artillery, the Cherokee hope to use what few captured from Georgia are turned into the army's first artillery units. -The Grand Council and Tsiyu Gansini decide that a more formal, white-esque government is needed for the growing organized Cherokee Nation. The Grand Council opens itself to the representatives of the various tribes within Cherokia. While Tsiyu Gansini retains the title of First Beloved Man to himself as a head of state, he appoints a political ally, Deekstra, as his "Chancellor" and they form what the whites call "a cabinet" of advisers on political policy. -Following the government reforms of the Cherokee, a mint is established in Cutonuga along with a formal tax office, though many tribes in the land keep to bartering as they have for centuries. -Education is mandatory for young children from the age of 5 to 10 in each village, while Cutonuga offers a secondary schooling system for those willing to come, to teach trades such as metalworking, gunsmithing, or printing. -As the year comes to a close, the Cherokee send an envoy to the Shawnee of Ohio in the midst of their wars against the white encroachment. They offer gifts of knowledge in regards to governance, military tactics, and how to organize themselves like those of the white man - in order to overcome the white man. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/aO5U03z.png[/img] [b]Emerald Isle Agricultural Group - Snoberry Tea[/b] [b]Company Office:[/b] Belfast, Great Britain [b]Major Area of Settlement:[/b] Southern tip of Novia Scotia [b]Colonists:[/b] 2,063 -While England marches toward war with France, the people of Ireland look to their own future westward. Managing to acquire a charter from London, the Emerald Isle Agriculture Group is given permission to set up a colony on the southern tip of Nova Scotia. -Immediately, investors and employees work toward recruiting and advertising for the start up colony, settled between the small port town of the Yarmouth and the even smaller town of Barrington. Calling the future town to be built "New Eire", it attracts a great deal of Irishmen to make the crossing over, while some Scots and Englishmen tag along -As the first ships of colonists make their way from their point of entry in Yarmouth to the bay area of their new home, the company quickly orders the construction of a town hall and a parish Roman Catholic Church to be built, across from one another, as the colonists build their new homes. The construction of both reinforces to the Irishmen that their beliefs will not be oppressed as they are in Europe. -Families are the preferred stock of colonists the company recruits after, offering extra land for cheaper contracts for couples having more children. This quickly populates the land and some in Ireland are rumored to have made quick adoption plans for cheaper lands overseas. -Recognizing the use of maple trees for their syrup, ordinances are passed in the colony to avoid cutting them down for construction use or for farmland, though there are many times it becomes unavoidable due to the need for clear farmland fields. -While the American Republic's agriculture is focused on ground crops, investors of New Eire hope to capitalize on orchards as their main source of income. Apples, Pears, and Damsons are planted throughout the surrounding area, while maple extract is utilized as a harvest until the new orchards come to maturity in a few years. To also supplement income until the orchards are fully grown, colonies of European honeybees are taken to the colony, hoping that maple syrup and honey. -As the colony grows over the course of the year, many attracted to the area already being from the northern English colonies, a small port is constructed on the bay so not rely on overland travel to Yarmouth to export their products. While the original intention of the colony was to invest in foods for 'back home', merchants throughout the summer and fall find themselves more and more sailing to the American Republics to sell their barrels of honey and syrup. -Fearing possible raids from the French, a colonial militia is organized as a 'just-in-case' matter, while former members of the French Irish Brigade are hired as trainers and officers until the colony can properly defend itself. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/S57fLBG.png?1[/img] [b]Courtenay and Sons Land Company - Pezgod1[/b] [b]Chairmen:[/b] Henry Courtenay [b]Company Office:[/b] Richmond, Virginia [b]Major Area of Settlement:[/b] Northern most tip of the Mississippi River, "Règlement sur le Fleuve" [b]Colonists:[/b] 11,182 total, 0 slaves (0%) -Finding a way to recruit for colonists as peace overtakes the south as much as war overtook it before, a number of flyers are circulated throughout the Carolina Confederacy and the Republic of Georgia oriented toward the freed whites released from Cherokee custody. Many of them former 'citizens' of the vanquished Republic of Franklin, take up the offer to move far from a region that has given them nothing but pain. -As the colony grows in population as well as financially, the Courtenay family turns their financial futures southward to the economic exploits of the Caribbean. An office run by the sixth Courtenay son is opened in New Orleans to facilitate the sale of pelts to fellow Frenchmen in the colony, while utilizing their connections to the New York Republic, a start up office run by the 9th Courtenay son is opened up a few months after NY's conquest of Martinique, seeing the recruitment of some of the French colonists there. -Having settled a small homestead in growing city of Règlement, Claude Chappe is officially hired by the Courtenay & Sons Land Company as a communications director for the colony. He is tasked with setting up an ambitious plan to use his semophore lines to go from Règlement all the way to New York's Fort Detroit colony, though by the year's end, only thirty miles are managed in distance before the cold, snowy winter settles in. -While the office in Martinique is oriented toward that island and NY's other conquest of Guadalupe, communication with the surviving French on the island of Hayti are made, inviting a great deal of them to immigrate to Règlement, or at least to New Orleans under Courtenay's employment. -Seeking peace with its neighbors, the governor-general of Règlement manages to organize a pow-wow between the chiefs of the local Sioux and Ojibwe tribes to work out an agreement over the region's resources and governence. While talks remain tense throughout the several days of discussion, a peace is managed to be be maintained and the Souix will embark on limited trading with Règlement as long as they continue expansion eastward, which it gladly does. In return the Ojibwe will cease any and all raiding on Sioux lands for the foreseeable future. -In concordance with the Sioux, a general ordinance is passed designating lands on the eastern banks of the Mississippi as viable homestead plots while any colonists that seeks to build their homesteads beyond Règlement's western border will be considered an independent operator and not subject to the assumed militia protections against any raids by Indians. -Though peace in the region has been secured, Henry Courtenay and his sons conclude that defensive measures may be necessary for the expansion of the colony and the company as a whole in the future. A company of Hessian mercenaries, many from the old contract from the start of the colony, are hired. To expand its friendship with the Ojibwe, jewelry and guns are traded to the Indians in return for agreed upon military raids in the future if necessary. -After the calamity of the Great Fire of New Orleans ravages the French Quarter, Henry Courtenay personally travels there in the aid of his fellow Frenchmen. Seeing the destruction of the city, he uses money from both his company and his personal fortune to finance the reconstruction of many homes with the addition of schools for the children there. [/quote] [quote] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ZRBS1IC.png[/img] [b]Country name:[/b] Colonia Quercus cerrorum [Propriété de D'Eymet] - Damian0358 [b]Homeowner:[/b] Zacharie "Scaramouche" D'Eymet [b]Location:[/b] "Somewhere outside Fort Detroit" in New Yorkan Michigan [b]Dominant Religion:[/b] French Reformed [Huguenot] -Zacharie "Scaramouche" D'Eymet settles down in his new homestead outside Fort Detroit, colony of New York. He relaxes and passes the time reading whatever literature comes his way most days. -He befriends a number of Indians around the area as well as other French and English settlers. -His continued use of calling the area Métropotamie gets a number of other colonists to start using the same name. -A dozen French Huguenots come in the night on the outskirts of Zach's homestead and launch dozens of fire arrows at the tree. Unfortunately for them, well watered and living trees do not easily catch on fire like they do in the movies. Whatever movies are. -The spread of Stefane's offspring grows across the northwest territories. -Meanwhile, Zach takes up a part time job, ironically, as a lumberjack. [/quote] [quote] [B][U]Status of Player Navies:[/U][/B] New York Navy: NYS Hudson - Sloop-o-War - 1791 - Sunk in the Atlantic 1794 NYS Orange - Brig - 1792 - Sunk off the coast of Africa 1794 NYS Holland - Brig - 1792 - Captured by France 1794 NYS Champlain - Frigate - 1792 NYS Stuyvesant - Frigate - 1792 - Heavily damaged engaging the French vessel [i]Grenouille[/i] NYS Albany - Frigate - 1792 NYS Oneida - Brig - 1794 NYS Cayuga - Brig - 1794 NYS Mohawk - Brig - 1794 NYS Seneca - Frigate - 1795 NYS Tuscarora - Frigate - 1795 NYS Kingston - Battleship - 1797 Massachusetts Navy: CMS Mayflower - Frigate - 1792 1 - Frigate - 1796 2 - Frigate - 1796 3 - Frigate - 1796 1 - Battleship - 1797 Pennsylvania Navy: 1 - Cutter - 1790 2 - Cutter - 1790 3 - Cutter - 1790 1 - Sloop - 1790 2 - Sloop - 1790 Virginia Navy: VCS Thomas Jefferson - Brig - 1791 VCS Richard Henry Lee - Brig - 1791 VCS George Washington - Frigate - 1792 VCS Pocahontas - Cutter - 1792 VCS Patrick Henry - Cutter - 1792 VCS Steadfast - Cutter - 1792 VCS James Madison - Cutter - 1792 VCS George Mason - Sloop - 1793 VCS John Smith - Sloop - 1793 VCS Endurance - Battleship - 1796 VCS Richmond - Frigate - 1797 VCS Retribution - Brig - 1796 VCS Dawnbreaker - Brig - 1796 VCS Orion - Sloop - 1795 VCS Lionheart - Sloop - 1795 VCS Atlas - Battleship - 1798 Carolina Confederate Navy: 1 - Cutter - 1791 2 - Cutter - 1791 3 - Cutter - 1791 CCN Raleigh - Sloop - 1792 CCN New Bern - Sloop - 1792 - Captured by Virginia 1793 - Returned 1794 1 - Brig - 1796 2 - Brig - 1796 1 - Frigate - 1797 Georgia Navy: 1 - Cutter - 1792 - Sunk 1792 2 - Cutter - 1792 - Sunk 1792 3 - Cutter - 1792 4 - Cutter - 1792 Valiant - Frigate - 1793 McBoaty - Frigate - 1793 Herald - Frigate - 1793 1 - Sloop - 1794 2 - Sloop - 1794 GGS Anderson - Battleship - 1798 [/quote] [quote][b]Send in as Turn 6[/b][/quote]

[U]I have:[/U] Cherokee [U]I need:[/U] Everyone else

By the way, for the states players, you're more than welcome to develop political parties in your republic for flavor's sake. I won't make them impede anything you want to do in the turns.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52450642]By the way, for the states players, you're more than welcome to develop political parties in your republic for flavor's sake. I won't make them impede anything you want to do in the turns.[/QUOTE] Syndicalism is coming to Minnesota.

[img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QYRJK3KIRUQ/maxresdefault.jpg[/img] [B][U]Naval Expansion Unlocks:[/U][/B] [I]Due to the American Republic's recovery from the economic crisis following the Revolutionary War and failure of the Constitutional Convention, the revenues of the states are capable of affording newer, larger naval vessels. Though [U]expensive,[/U] these vessels will dominate the Atlantic and just may be able to compete with the fire power of veteran navies of Europe[/I] Full list of vessels that can be built: [I]Cutter:[/I] 6-8 guns, 6 months to build (done this turn) [I]Sloops[/I] 16-20 guns, 1 year to build (done next turn) [I]Brigs[/I] 24-28 guns, 2 years to build (done two turns) [I]Frigate:[/I] 38-42 guns, 3 years to build (done three turns) [I]Battleship:[/I] 52-58 guns, 4 years to build (done four turns) [I]Second Rate:[/I] 68-74 guns, 5 years to build (done in five turns) [I]First Rate:[/I] 86-92 guns, 6 years to build (done in six turns) [I]Man-O-War:[/I] 100-110 guns, 7 years to build (done in seven turns) ---- I know the new ships are costly in terms of time to build, but I haven't really figured out a fair way to make these ships go out sooner without doubling over another ship (like if a 2nd rate and battleship have the same years to make, why would anyone make the battleship). I am open to suggestions.

i would like to place an order for a Man-O-War, named "SS Fuck Off Europe"

[U]Done:[/U] Georgia [U]To do:[/U] Pennsylvania Cherokee Courtenay & Sons Virginia [U]Still need:[/U] New York Carolina Confederacy New England Commonwealth Emerald Isle Group The meme tree Texas colonial venture -------- I am coming up with a solution to the length of time it takes to build some ships for your navies. It'll basically like a 3 tier tech tree on improving your docks and after the turns spent doing it, I'll reduce one year for each ship to build. Keep in mind though that some of the larger ships (and larger navies) will still be expensive, just not time consuming.

[img]http://www.rmg.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rmg_landscape_medium/public/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/08/west-india-dock-1024x802.jpg?itok=EE4nbDNE[/img] [B][U]Expediting Naval Construction[/U][/B] As a sort of 'tech tree' that is [shamelessly] stolen from Empire: Total War, if you spend 1 command line to do each of these techs for three turns (does not have to be consecutive turns), then each vessel will take one year less to construct. [U]However,[/U] during a turn with one of these techs in play, [U]you may only build sloops or cutters[/U] as your navy and docks will be too busy reworking the system. The techs do not have to be in order, you can start and end with whichever you please. [I][U]Reformed Naval Administration:[/U][/I] [I]Traditionally, many naval nations have relied on treating a navy as one more part of the royal household, or a series of temporary arrangements that draw on the merchant fleets in time of war. A reformation of the navy’s shore administration replaces the ad hoc arrangements of previous centuries with a properly trained and salaried secretariat, men who understand the worlds of business, account books and legal matters better than they know the sea. It is they who organise and run the naval service not, as was once the case, admirals and officers too old or crippled to walk the quarterdeck. The change, while bemoaned by sea officers, is undoubtedly necessary to ensure that a fleet can remain at sea, with crews, food and equipment as required, and shore facilities for repair when they are needed, wherever they are needed.[/I] [I][U]Seasoning:[/U][/I] [I]The practice of setting green timber aside after it is felled to dry naturally, so that it can be then used in shipbuilding. Seasoning takes time, as wood will dry out at its own pace once the tree has been felled and brought to a timber yard. Large sheds are required, where the timber can be left in dry conditions for a year or more until ready for use. Some, as it dries, will warp and prove unsuitable for further work. In the case of oak, the wood actually gains strength over time as it dries out and settles into its final form.[/I] [U][I]Naval Architecture Advances:[/I][/U] [I]The struggle to find a perfect design for a ship of the line occupies many minds in many admiralties around the world. Ideally, the perfect design for each type of vessel will be a standard, repeatable plan that any competent shipwright can execute. There must be compromise between the various elements of the ship: armament and its type, speed, sail area, strength of hull, endurance (in terms of supplies carried) and so forth. If any of these are unbalanced, then the ship will sail or fight poorly, and the fleet be weakened as a result. [/I] --- If you want to be boring, you can just put in your turn under military "-Seasoning" to show you're doing that. Or you can make it flourish with the theme of your republic.

i'll start work on researching those things in spite of the fact I don't have a navy it wasn't exactly clear, but do you mean that it'll take 3 turns total to research all of them, or 3 turns for each tech (thus 9 turns in total to research all of them)?

3 turns total First turn do one, then the next turn do another, then 3rd turn do the last one

I just need Texas and New England now. FAQ regarding the naval expansion stuff: I wrote it last minute before going to bed and it turns out this morning it's left quite some confusion. Frigates and bigger ships already under construction will keep their finish date when you put in a turn with tech advances. This won't delay any frigates or battleships under construction already. Also, I'm making an executive decision on Carolina's turn, who put in a turn [I]before[/I] I updated the naval tech stuff. In his turn he put to expand the speed of ship building while also building frigates. Turns on going, for the other two tech expansions he'll be reserved to only sloops and cutters. Sloops and cutters are only built during tech turns. You can do "seasoning" on one turn, then next turn skip doing techs and order frigates, then turn after do "naval architecture". As said before, ships already under construction won't be delayed so take you time doing the advances if you wish. --- I am going to give a bonus modifier to cutters that stay off the coast, just to give them an extra reason to build them. They're still small and weak, and definitely won't hold up against a Man-O-War in any regard, but I hope their bonus as a type of coast guard will help give them a purpose other than being able to spam them at once. --- Toying with a ship building limit, just so people don't order an entire fleet in one turn, but on other hand I probably won't because I feel as if too much micromanaging will just make the game complicated and annoying. --- Expect a turn preview around 1am EST tonight.

Scorpious, on the note of the ship building limit, just make it realistic. A player can only build as many ships at once as he/she has drydocks capable of building them. If they want to build more, they can build another drydock.

[B]1795 Turn Preview[/B] [quote] [B]With peace across the land, arms exports explode to Europe[/B] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/a3/64/e0a364d4a63984b8738033b16014bf33.jpg[/img] [/quote] [quote] [B]Various American Republics intensify conflict with neighboring Indians[/B] [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f5vCXpG5JxQ/maxresdefault.jpg[/img][/quote] [quote] [B]Republics and colonies alike expand their harbors for trade and war[/B] [img]https://glasgowwestindies.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/cropped-port-glasgow-j-w-appleton-picture-by-w-h-bartlett-published-in-findens-ports-and-harbours-18421.jpg[/img][/quote]

I'm going to make a navy to rival the navies of countries such as Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Bolivia

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;52464432]I'm going to make a navy to rival the navies of countries such as Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Bolivia[/QUOTE] [img]http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/boat-on-road.jpg[/img]

[U]Turns Finished[/U] Carolina Georgia Courtenay & Sons Emerald Isle Texas Damian's Tree [U]Turns to do[/U] New York Virginia Cherokee Massachusetts Pennsylvania --- I think the solution to navies may be asking you guys to set a national budget. It wouldn't be of hard numbers, just percentages, such as "put X% of national budget into infrastructure" and such. Then group the ships into mandatory budgets, such as "Cutters to Brigs are 0.25% of budget each, Frigates to battleships are 0.5% each, 2nd rate to Man of War are 1% each" that way you can visibly see how much is being spent. You wouldn't have to reset it every turn/year, just when you decide to augment it and change it. Thoughts?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52465097] I think the solution to navies may be asking you guys to set a national budget. It wouldn't be of hard numbers, just percentages, such as "put X% of national budget into infrastructure" and such. Then group the ships into mandatory budgets, such as "Cutters to Brigs are 0.25% of budget each, Frigates to battleships are 0.5% each, 2nd rate to Man of War are 1% each" that way you can visibly see how much is being spent. You wouldn't have to reset it every turn/year, just when you decide to augment it and change it. Thoughts?[/QUOTE] How would one determine how many ships / construction jobs one can support through just knowing "I'm putting x% towards it"? It's an interesting idea, I just would like to know how that relates to a limit.

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